Presentations from CAPR’s Evaluation of Alternative Placement Systems and Student Outcomes
Multiple Measures Assessment and Placement: Getting Started
April 8, 2021 | Complete College America Live
In this presentation, Elisabeth Barnett gave an introduction to multiple measures assessment, including information on its prevalence, the main types and design choices, and some findings from CAPR's research with State University of New York colleges.
Evaluation of a Multiple Measures Placement System Using Data Analytics
August 17, 2020 | Strong Start to Finish August 2020 Webinar
In this webinar session, researchers from CCRC and CAPR presented the rationale for using multiple measures assessment for placement, options for system design, and the results of CAPR research with SUNY colleges.
What Does the Research Say about Effective Placement?
July 29, 2020 | Maryland Placement Policies Community of Practice Virtual Kickoff Meeting
CAPR's Elisabeth Barnett will describe the reasons to consider the use of multiple measures assessment (MMA) for placement and how an MMA system can be structured.
Implementation Lessons and Early Impacts from Two Multiple Measures Assessment Studies
November 9, 2019 | Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) Conference
In this session, researchers explained why there is a need to change assessment and placement practices and share information on approaches to developing and testing alternative strategies based on data analytics.
Evaluation of a Multiple Measures Placement System Using Data Analytics
November 8, 2019 | Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) Conference
In this session at APPAM 2019, researchers presented the broadly positive final impact analyses from a study examining the effect of multiple measures of assessment on student course placement and success.
Placement and Multiple Measures Research Overview
June 24, 2019 | SUNY Strong Start to Finish Placement Workshop
In this session, researchers shared information on why colleges should consider using multiple measures, options available to them, and factors to take into account when implementing the system.
Improving Student Placement Using Multiple Measures Assessment
March 25, 2019 | American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC) Webinar
This webinar will make the case for implementing multiple measures to assess and place students and describe what institutions should consider when establishing new placement systems.
Evaluation of a Multiple Measures Placement System Using Data Analytics: Early Impact Findings
March 22, 2019 | Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) Annual Conference
This session described the broadly positive early results from a study examining the effect of multiple measures of assessment on student course placement and success.
Developmental Education Reform to Improve Student Outcomes: Findings from Four Evaluations
March 7, 2019 | Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) Annual Conference
This symposium sought to expand the developmental education research base by featuring findings from four evaluations. CAPR researchers discussed multiple measures assessment and placement, as well as Dana Center Math Pathways.
Improving Developmental Education: Multiple Measures and Math Pathways
February 26, 2019 | League for Innovation in the Community College Annual Conference
In this session, researchers presented promising findings from studies examining multiple measures for developmental course placement and math pathways reforms within the context of results from a national survey about developmental education practices.